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Dasukigate: FG Still Laying Siege for Those Who Fleeced N2.1bn–Presidency

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The last has not been heard concerning the N2.1 billion Dollars arms procurement scandal as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,Garba Shehu has said those who aided and abetted the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki in mismanaging the funds

NEWS

Tony Blair Has Come To Instigate Another Civil War In Nigeria – IPOB

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Monday raised the alarm over the recent visit of the former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair to the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir –el-Rufai, recalling that it was the same British godfathers’ military and diplomatic support to the core North that enabled Nigeria to defeat Biafra between 1967 […]

NEWS

Malala visits Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday in Abuja, received in closed doors Pakistani rights activist for girl-child education and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, in the Presidential Villa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 20-year-old Malala, who was accompanied by her father, Yousafzai and other members of the Malala Foundation, arrived […]

BUSINESS

Oil prices hit $49 a barrel, thanks to America

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

A slow down of oil drilling by American shale oil producers helped to move oil prices to  $49 a barrel in Monday trading, a good news for oil exporters such as Nigeria. Brent crude , the global benchmark, was up 8 cents at $48.99 a barrel by 1341 GMT. U.S. crude traded at $46.57, up 3 […]

EDUCATION

214,952 students cheated in WASSCE

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

Some  214,952 candidates cheated in the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE) and their results have been seized by the authorities. Mr. Olu Adenipekun, Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council, WAEC, announced this in Lagos as he also announced the cheering news of a seven percent improvement in the number […]

NEWS

First time in a year, Inflation drops to 16.10%

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The consumer price index (CPI), which measures inflation, has dropped for the fifth consecutive month to stand at 16.10%. This signals a recovery of the economy. According to a data released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the last time the country’s inflation figures were in this region was between May and June 2016 […]